Ukraine gained independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. In February 2014, President Victor Yanukovych was ousted by pro-EuroâAtlantic members of parliament after he used security forces to crack down on popular protests against his attempt to tighten ties with Russia.
They are generally thought to be called wisdom teeth because they appear so late â much later than the other teeth, at an age where people are presumably wiser than as a child, when the other teeth erupt. The term probably came as a translation of the Latin dens sapientiae.
Wisdom teeth are the last of your teeth to come in, or erupt, through the gums. Sometimes a wisdom tooth becomes impacted, or stuck below the surface of your gums, and grows at an odd angle, possibly causing complications. Wisdom teeth, or third molars, are the last permanent teeth to appear (erupt) in the mouth. These teeth usually appear between the ages of 17 and 25.